Shelfmark
Ib8.3.09 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ib8.3.10 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Ib8.3.11 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
[Reference copy]: Qe.1 (copy 4)
Author
Title
Macnaghten War Memorial Library of books relative to the World War of 1914-1918, autographed by the authors and principal personages concerned : description of the library, its origin and purposes, and an analysis of the signatures, inscriptions and their significance / by Colin H. Macmillan and Evelyn M. Stuart ; foreword by Sir Henry Marten.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., 1953.
Physical description
43 p., [35] p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Note
"Presented to Eton College in 1938 by Sir Eugen Millington-Drake ... as a memorial to Hugh Macnaghten and fifty-seven old boys of his house who fell in the war."
Provenance
(Copy 1) Loose typed letter with ms. corrections dated 8th September 1953.
Provenance
(Copy 1) Loose tracing paper "With the compliments of Sir Eugen Millington-Darke".
Provenance
(Copy 1) Loose tracing paper with an unsigned note dated 8th December 1953.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Ms. inscription on title page: "To Patrick Strong with all good wishes for his new and interesting task as Keeper of the papers and College Library E Millington Drake London July 6 1967".
Provenance
(Copy 3) Ms. inscription "Aubrey Lawrence March '59".
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) and (copy 3) "Explanatory foreword in regard to the present printing" (4 p.) and "An abbreviated version of an article in the Times of December 9, 1928" (1 leaf) inserted.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) "Explanatory foreword in regard to the present printing" (4 p.) inserted.
Subject
Millington-Drake, Eugen, 1889 - 1972 Sir, Library.
Subject
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Library resources England Eton
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38474